The Live Browser

Live Versions: 10

Operating System: All

Live's Browser enables you to quickly access all of Live's factory content, Packs, your own user presets and any other content that you choose to add to it. The Browser can be shown or hidden by unfolding the arrow symbol on the top left of the screen, or with the key commands: CMD + Opt + B (Mac) and CTRL + Opt + B (Windows).

Watch our video tutorials about Live's Browser here:

Collections

Collections allows an additional level of organisation for anything that already displays in Live's Browser (files, presets, devices, plug-ins, sets etc). You can add up to seven Collections, which are color coded and can be renamed or shown/hidden if required.

Browser Categories

The Live 10 browser is organized into a number of Categories, each of them including a specific type of content, like Sounds, Drum Racks, Plugins and much more. Many of these categories will be pre-filled with presets, sounds, and devices that are part of Live's core library which is installed with Live.

The Core library

The Core Library contains Live's factory content and can't be changed by the user. It is installed in the following location:

The User Library

The User Library is the default location for items you save yourself, including default presets, Grooves, your personalized Racks and Device presets, your own samples, Live Clips, etc. Files that you save to your User Library will also be available in the appropriate Categories labels.

The default location of the User Library is:

Windows: \Users\[username]\Documents\Ableton\User Library

Mac: Macintosh HD/Users/[username]/Music/Ableton/User Library

You can also define a custom location for the User library in Live's preferences on the Library tab.

Packs

This is the directory where all the Packs that can be purchased from the Ableton store are installed, and it can be configured from Preferences → Library → Installation Folder for Factory Packs.

Each Pack appears as a folder in the browser's Packs label, and can be unfolded to reveal that Pack’s contents. Presets, Samples, and Live Clips installed by Packs will also appear in the appropriate Categories labels.

The default location for installed Packs is:

Windows: \Users\[user]\Documents\Factory Packs

Mac: Macintosh HD/Users/[YourUsername]/Music/Ableton/Factory Packs

You can also define a custom location for Packs in the Library tab of Live's Preferences.